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Following a hiccup, Kentucky’s Phase Two began at Auburn last week, fending off Big Blue hoops hoopla another week.

Losing at South Carolina was a hiccup. Phase Two began on a wave of platinum numbers – zero penalties, first time since the quarterback was named Pookie 18 years ago; zero turnovers; 100 yards-plus rushing from two backs; A touchdown from each of three quarterbacks; and, defense that smothered Auburn and muffled a crowd of 85,000 leaving celebration to a gleeful section of blue-clads.

Spencer County’s Cheyenne McKinley battled three Henry County players during a recent home game. The Lady Bears’ had their season come to an end Monday night with a 7-0 loss to Shelby County in the opening round of the 16th District tournament. The girls ended their regular season with a tough 3-2 loss on the road to Bardstown and finished the season with a 5-9 record.

With $200,000 to spend toward paving county roads, magistrates decided to split the amount up evenly between their five districts, giving each $40,000 worth of blacktop.

On the list of roads with the greatest needs were Hickory Lane, Shagbark Drive, Carrithers Lane, Rolling Trail, Lakeside Drive, Murphy Lane, Goose Creek Road and Hochstrasser Road. In some cases, the funds will only allow portions of these roads to be coated with new asphalt.

Magistrate John Riley objected to the county having to pave roads that were promised to be completed by developers.

There will be a chili supper and Gospel concert at 5 p.m. Friday at Plum Creek Baptist Church. For more information, please call the church office, 502-477-2582. Plum Creek Baptist Church is located at the corner of Highway 44 & Plum Creek Road in Waterford.

Old Gospel Barn Special Singing

The Old Gospel Barn, located at 11286 Louisville Road (Hwy 31E), Cox’s Creek, will be having a gospel sing Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

I have been thinking about all the publicity lately about our county judge and the views expressed by some of our citizens.

Often we are influenced by others’ views without knowing all the facts, the people involved or the circumstances. We are quick to judge and express our views before listening to others with an open mind. It is so easy to sit back and pass judgment on others. Sometimes we forget that there may be other opinions different from our own.

Some two dozen high schoolers stood in neat rows beside the football field. No fidgeting, no comic grins.

They’ve been coming out for the new JROTC program since August, and they know the drill. Clad in white t-shirts and black shorts, the students break rank only on command to begin laps around the track.

Science teacher and Army Reserve 1st Lt. Robert Naylor joined the cadets on the run. When he started the program, teachers told him the kids wouldn’t last.

The odd thing about living in the country is that squirrels are rarely the nuisance they can be to urban folk. I think country squirrels are wilder than city ones, but it also turns out that we are experiencing two different squirrel species all together.

Acorns, walnuts, chestnuts and hickories certainly qualify as a worthwhile winter stash for a squirrel, but they also sustain themselves on other fruiting bodies like plums, paw-paws, serviceberries, holly berries, mulberries, crabapples, elderberries and the fruit from dogwoods and black gums.

Spencer County’s recipe for gridiron success this season has included a strong running game and keeping the game close until the final moments. While it’s not always produced a win, the Bears have made a habit out of having games come down to the final moments of the fourth quarter.

That was until Friday night, when the Bears cooked up something much less appealing in a 28-0 loss on the road at North Oldham.

Looking back at the ingredients and it’s no wonder Coach Wes Napper said it “was by far our worst performance of the year.”

City commissioners approved the banning of billboards within Taylorsville’s city limits at their Oct. 8 meeting. Any existing structures will have 30 days from the publication of the ordinance to remove billboards from publicly-leased property.

Outdoor advertising signs on private property will be able to remain as long as there is an agreement between the landowner and the owner of the sign.

The penalty for not adhering to the city ordinance could be as much as a $500 fine.